New Product/Service & Sustainability Awards Judging Committee

Chair:
Emily Lyman, Chief Executive Officer, Branch & Bramble
Bovina Center, New York, United States

Emily Lyman has spent nearly a decade working in-house with global companies such as Penguin Random House and SAP managing corporate marketing initiatives. Today, she is the CEO and Founder of Branch and Bramble, an award-winning marketing agency for lifestyle brands.

Her specialty is in blending data with heart and values to create meaningful audience connections for her brand partners which include Patagonia and Paramount. Through her work and leadership, she is disrupting the marketing industry by encouraging brands to move away from the “passive and positive” mentality that has plagued individuals and brands for decades and instead to be frank and truthful with their audience. Her approach is data-backed as the Edelman Trust Barometer indicates that more and more people are punishing brands who put profit before people. 

Branch & Bramble has been named as one of the “Top US Digital Marketing & Digital Agencies” on Yahoo! Finance, as well as one of the “Top Digital Marketing Agencies in New York.” Lyman has been featured on Digiday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Authority Magazine. Recently, she added apprentice innkeeper to her resume when she and her husband purchased the Mountain Brook Inn in the Catskills. In addition to non-stop renovations and being a chicken mom, Emily is responsible for a 9-month old little human.

Committee:

Shrimanth Reddy Adla, Director- Credit Risk Analytics
Comcast, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Alisha Aggarwal, Senior Medical Science Liaison
Johnson & Johnson, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Dr. Alisha is an MD, PhD with a focus on integrating clinical medicine and research. She has 15+ years of experience in Health Care with proficiency in preclinical and clinical practices and protocols in therapeutic areas of Oncology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Dermatology, and Psychiatry. She designed and implemented multiple clinical trials, research programs, and protocols.

Maria Augusta Bastos Torres, Neurodiversity Group Co-Leader, Squad
IBM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tyler Chang, Project Manager
IBM China/Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, China
Tyler is a seasoned Project Manager with over 20 years of IT expertise in digital transformation, application modernization, digital marketing, e-commerce, UI/UX, complex system implementation, and cloud migration. Tyler has diverse experience across industries, including banking, insurance, retail, FMCG, and marketing, taking on roles from developer to engagement manager.


Jennifer Dunn, AVP, Director of Operations and Innovation
CamSolutions, LLC | DBA Woligo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
With over 25 years of IT experience, Jennifer co-leads Woligo, focusing on GTM strategy, technology, digital marketing, and operations. She previously served as VP of Performance Analytics and IT, where she transformed performance management, led strategic initiatives, and spearheaded M&A system integrations and enterprise-wide improvements.

Sharath Chandra Edupuganti, Senior Director of Product Management
Albertsons, Pleasanton, California, United States
Sharath Edupuganti is a product management leader with 15+ years of experience building industry-disrupting products from the ground up. He is currently transforming the grocery e-commerce space at the 4th largest US grocery retailer. Sharath firmly believes that products that solve real customer problems in a meaningful way will always be winners.


Khaled Elnems, Q.C. & Industrial Product Designer (Founder & Vice President of Egyptian Women Inventors Syndicate)   
PARSONS Infrastructure & Technology Group Inc., MBZ City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Khaled, a UAE-based R&D Innovations Q.C., is a jury member on the Committee for International Engineering Innovation Exhibitions, a Co-founder (Vice President) of The Egyptian Inventors Society (Syndicate), Head of Delegation for Young Inventors in Egypt and the UAE. He supports cooperation with women and marginalized inventors and has worked with International Consultants.


Harika Govada, AVP of Strategy Analytics
PRA Group, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Currently serving as the Assistant Vice President of Strategy Analytics at PRA Group, where she leverages over a decade of experience spanning legal and collection recoveries, Harika’s role focuses on analyzing legal data, conducting Net Operating Income generation activities to drive informed product strategy decisions, and designing and testing champion/challenger strategies.

Amit Grover, Group Product Manager
PayPal, San Jose, California, United States
Amit Grover currently heads the product strategy and management for consumer onboarding at PayPal. He has impacted users' lives while working at various Fortune 500 companies such as SanDisk, Samsung, and Texas Instruments. At PayPal, Amit is responsible for overseeing the entire product development process for consumer onboarding and engagement.


Kim Guseli, Founder and Cosmetic Chemist
Botanical Skincare Lab, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia
Kim Guseli is the founder and cosmetic chemist behind Botanical Skincare Lab, known for developing innovative and sustainable skincare products. She leads her brand in creating eco-friendly solutions that benefit both people and the planet, with a strong commitment to advancing sustainability in the beauty industry.


Enobong Hanson, Field Operations Team Leader
SHELL PLC, Houston, Texas, United States
Enobong Hanson is an experienced energy professional with over nine years of expertise in operational excellence and asset management. Currently pursuing an MBA at Rice University, he specializes in strategic leadership and sustainability. Hanson has led significant green initiatives and is dedicated to advancing global energy transition efforts.


Alison Higgins-Miller, CEO
Lightray Insights Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alison Higgins-Miller is a founder of Sales on Q, www.salesonq.com, a management consultancy firm that specializes in helping technology organizations to next stage growth through on demand advisory and execution. Rapid growth; Pitch, Build, Rescue and Re-launch services for global technologies, software and services operations, large and small.
 

Gayatri Iyengar, Director of Engineering, Dasher Growth & Logistics
DoorDash, Cupertino, California, United States
Gayatri builds, leads, and supports multi-disciplinary teams across engineering, machine learning, product, strategy ops, and operations research teams that develop next-generation logistics engines for the world's fastest and most reliable delivery network. With 16+ years of experience in software development and technical leadership, she is passionate about solving complex problems at scale.

Lisa Jones, Founder
SHE-com, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Lisa Jones is a passionate E-commerce expert and builder of 3 x multi-million-dollar e-commerce brands. Lisa is now busy building SHE-com, a global empire for women with e-commerce brands with a community of over 20,000 and a team of 30.

Jing Ju, Founder
JUJU Studio, New York City, New York, United States
Jing Ju, founder of JUJU Studio in New York, specializes in shaping dynamic temporary and permanent spaces that redefine sensorial and immersive experiences. Her portfolio encompasses transformative projects for renowned brands. Simultaneously, Jing holds the position of senior designer at Tiffany & Co. creative studio, further contributing to her creative journey.


Ankush Anil Keskar, Director
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
Ankush is a business and technology transformation executive with over two decades of global experience in shaping growth, strategy, and technology solutions from engineering design to manufacturing, focusing on IoT, IIoT, AI, ML, data analytics, sustainability, and more, across the semiconductor, automotive engineering, transportation, and logistics industries.

Srinivas Reddy Komanpally, Assistant Vice President
EXL Health, Houston, Texas, United States
Srinivas Komanpally is a leader in data analytics, driving innovation and efficiency in healthcare technology. As Assistant Vice President at EXL Health, he led impactful projects, including a major data migration and the enhancement of the award-winning EXL Clarity platform, significantly boosting operational performance, client acquisition, and revenue growth.

Jane Kubryak, Founder
Discover with Jane Doo, Budva, Montenegro
Jane (Evgeniya) Kubryak is a product marketing manager. Before founding her product marketing agency 'Discover with Jane', she was a management consultant with Bain and led product strategy at VK. Jane leads market research and product marketing for companies. She is a Women in Tech mentor, startup cofounder, and advisor.

Rohit Kulkarni, Associate Director
Merck, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Rohit has over 18 years of experience in Financial Trading, Educational Research, Data Analytics, and Pharma industries with globally known companies such as Thomson Reuters, McKinsey, and Merck. He is responsible for creating FAIR data products and making them available on demand to scientists at Merck to accelerate the drug discovery process.


Jitendra Kushwaha, Senior Director, SoC Engineering
Synopsys Inc., Sunnyvale, California, United States
Jitendra Kushwaha is Senior Director of Engineering at Synopsys. He has over 23 years of experience in chip design and verification. He started his career as an engineer and transitioned into management roles 10 years ago.

Kannamangalam Chakaravarthi Lakshminarasimham, Director, Program Management
Expedia Group, San Francisco, California, United States
KC is a program management leader with two decades of experience in portfolio, program, and project change management, leading high-performing teams that manage complex, cross-functional, and the company's top business and transformative initiatives. A leader of managers across business, product, operations, engineering, and technology.


Mai Luong, Chief Executive Officer
XLD International, Nam Dinh City, Nam Dinh, Vietnam
Mai Luong is a tech-savvy business strategist with extensive experience in the advanced technology space. She excels in driving go-to-market success and fostering global communities for AI, robotics, and blockchain products. Mai has helped US companies expand internationally, building partnerships with industry leaders and tech communities in the US and Asia.


Dr. Ahmed Mahafzah, BTEC Coordinator
Ministry of Education, Amman, Jordan
Dr. Ahmed Mahafzah works as a BTEC Hospitality Coordinator in the Ministry of Education, He has a PhD. in Hotel Management, Food & Beverage Management. He has 8+ years of experience as a lecturer, assessor, content author, and trainer. Dr. Ahmed is the founder and CEO of a training company.

Anitha Martin, Senior Director
Capgemini Technologies, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Joshe Ordonez, Founder and CEO   
Airpals Technologies Inc., Brooklyn, New York, United States
Joshe Ordonez, an Ecuadorian entrepreneur based in Brooklyn, is the Founder and CEO of Airpals, a B2B platform for office and project-based shipping, after facing logistics challenges in the fashion industry. Airpals, backed by notable investors, serves companies like Figma and Lacoste. She has over 10 years of experience building startups.
 

Divya Peddi, Senior Product Manager
Amazon, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Divya Peddi is a business leader with over 10 years of experience spanning diverse roles in data science, vendor management, P&L ownership and product management. She currently serves as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon where she owns features with Delivery experience. Divya also holds an MBA from the UChicago Booth School of Business.

Qin Effie Qian, NPD Project Manager
Modway Inc, Miami, Florida, United States
Effie Qian, MS in Project Management, possesses 15 years of invaluable experience in new product development. Her unwavering dedication to creating value for organizations is unparalleled, as she adeptly harnesses innovative approaches. Her commitment to long-term sustainability is not mere rhetoric but a genuine call to action.
 

Kristina Radke, VP, Business Growth & Engagement
NetGalley, Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
Kristina Radke has over 15 years of experience in business development, with a focus on marketing and publicity, as well as client and partner relationships. She is currently the Vice President of Business Growth at NetGalley, a service that helps publishers promote books & audiobooks to readers of influence.



Shafeeq Ur Rahaman, Associate Director, Analytics
Monks, San Francisco, California, United States
Shafeeq Ur Rahaman is a data analytics and infrastructure leader with over a decade of experience. He specializes in designing complex data pipelines and cloud-based architectures, enhancing business performance. Shafeeq is committed to mentoring teams and advancing data science through continuous learning and innovative solutions.

Dennis Reno, Growth Advisor
Enactify.ai, San Francisco, California, United States
Dennis Reno has held executive positions in Customer Success at Oracle, Microsoft, Cyara, Proofpoint, Arxan Technologies, and Continental Airlines.

Nikhil Sanjay Suryawanshi, Principal Software Engineer
ADT, San Jose, California, United States
Nikhil has been a Computer Science and Engineering professional for over 15 years, and technology motivates him. He is passionate about learning new skills and working toward innovation and change in the IT field. He believes integrity, competence, and work ethic have helped him achieve his goals.

Lotanna Precious Umunna, Merchandise Pricing Specialist   
Murphy USA, El Dorado, Arkansas, United States
Precious Umunna is a Merchandise Pricing professional with a keen interest in harnessing data to provide valuable insight that helps solve business problems. She holds a master's degree in Economic Analytics and a bachelor's degree in Economics.

Margarita Valigun, Technical Director
Nova LLC, Orlando, Florida, United States
Margarita Valigun is the Founder and Technical Director of Nova LLC, with extensive experience in engineering and construction. She previously founded and led multiple successful companies in the construction industries. Margarita holds a Master's degree in Physics and Mathematics and is actively involved in professional engineering organizations.